Distinguish Magic Realism
"Lourdes, I'm back," Jorge del Pino greets his
daughter forty days after she buried him with
his Panama hat, his cigars, and a bouquet of
violets in a cemetery on the border of
Brooklyn and Queens.
His words are warm and close as a breath.
Lourdes turns, expecting to find her father at
her shoulder but she sees only the dusk
settling on the tops of the oak trees, the pink
tinge of sliding darkness.
"Don't be afraid, mi hija. Just keep walking
and I'll explain,” Jorge del Pino tells his
daughter
Identify the element of magic realism found within
the passage.
o the items in Lourdes's father's coffin
o the colors and approaching darkness
o the effect of the sunset on the brownstones
the meeting between Lourdes and her dead
father
DONE
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